Attachment for fuel burners



Jaim., 2i, 1923., LMLLASB C. MINZNER. n

ATTACHMENT FOR FUEL BuRNERs, FILED OCT. 27'I 1921.

r. LA o Application To all wiwi/n t may conce/fn: Y

Be it lrnoivn that l, Cuantas l'a-fliriaunn, a citizen ot the United States, and resident of inthe counVJ o.

i-iainpsliire, have invented neu7 and useful improvements in attachments for Fuel l; irners, ot which the following is a.

specification. I

This invention concerns heat generating appliances oit that type wherein liquid fuel is converted into vapor or gas by the action oi" heat and is then fronsumed in a suitable burner, the present Anvention relating more particularly to means useful in connection with such an appliance tor insuring a nio'e perfect combustion ofthe vaporized 'fuel uri-A der certain conditions operation.

ln devices ot the general type to which the present invention relates it is coninion to ernploy a so-called cgenerator77 exposed to the heat ot the llame from the burner and through which the liquid `fuel is passed :for vaporization, and forA initially heating 'this generator a suite le torch is provided. This torch usually consists ot a piece of absorbent :material saturated with alcohol or the like and burns only long enough to heat the gena ei `tor i starting. i the terra has ceased to iru and before the burner pans have become 'fully heated, the tuel which escapes near the upper part oi the burner and adj7 to the more highly heated parts or' the United by Contact with such highly li at d part or by the burner llame. 'lhat portion oli' the fuel, however7 which ilows from the lower part ofthe burner often :tails to ignite, as the temperature oit the lower part oit the burner is insul'lieient to lire the gas by Contact therewith, while inoreover the passage of the preheated and vaporized fuel through the relatively cooler parts f of the hurner .may cause a partial condensation ofthe fuel. which with the unoonsumed 'vaior esca )es into the ,v if infin A. i l1 t e loomY jiodi iig a disagreeable odor and tornis au oily deposit upon articles within the room. "When the burner is partially sluit oil.1 the lower portions therebt hecoine so eool as to tail to ignite the gas issuingA therefrom, with similar results. y

The object oi the present invention to `orovide means whereby a'thorough and coiniilete ignition et the gas issuing trein the burner orifices may he assured both when stsrtiig up the hi and wir it has been llrtia" The iuv'ei on accord 'I ily snut filed @ctoher 27,

r Belknap and State ysriicli is eonii i. the heat trein the torch The gas aging troni the lower part oi" the burner is thereby compelled to llovv toward the upper and hotter part of the same d is there heated and ignited, so that uneonsuined gas or vapor is not discharged troni the apparatus. rlhe shield or deileetor n y be ot sheet metal and provided with a handle vor other device whereby to permit its removal from the burner when the latter has hecon'ie heated suthciently to insure ignition oi 'as issuing Yfrom all parts of the saine, and 1orelerably such shield is termed with guard ed o` enings for the escape of the products of combustion.

'rn the z1ccoinziii ying drawingsthere is illustrated by way et example one embodil is antraglnentary side elevation otV a er having the de e of the present invention applied thereto, auch device being partly hrolreu away te show the heater structure 5' and Fig. 2 is a trans.fef"\ cross section on the .uw ,uit .if 1+. i

f, j o.A il, o larger sea e.

"iwings'tiie numeral. 1 indicates A4e` yhollow hurner casting oi the lich casting having suitable legs 2 whereby it may be supportedvwhen in use, This casting hasv a substantially senil-circu- 'l n Avkl vv. 1 f I 1 ,l l i .1. iai wird fi i ioeil witn veitieal slits or or1- slits extend from one side to e burner casting and across 5 and provide vfor the escape of IAhe' top thereo the *Quel -lroni the interior ot the eas #l L oppi nte ends the casting l is anding llangesv, 6, reauges being provided at ons with alined openings n which the gaseous fuel is generated is hereiuz'i-tter referred to 'as the .fl To one end olf the generator i d e oeuf ling device 8 to which is .ie fuel pipe 9. rlhis pipe suoli tuel'inay be caused to flow L anu into the generator by or re desired. rihe connecjrovided with a bushing l0 through nl. 'il ot a suitahle neesuitable f source oiliquid dle valve whichcontrols an oriiice in the opposits-end 12 of the generator; `f'llhis orifice delivers into the open end 13 of a tube "le which is` bent upon itse i to 'providefthe part 15 which extends into thefinteriorfot the burner casing. At its upper' portion` the burner vcasing is provided with a: depressionl `or trough 16 in which is arranged absorbent vthat shown in the patent to lEvans 1,292,739,

January 28, 19119 and forms no necessary f part of the invention.`

Cooperating with the burner and generi,- tor just described and in accordancewith the present in vention,rthere is provided a cover-Hor shield comprising the spacedside walls 18, 19 which converge upwardly toward each other. rlhese side walls are of lenffth to substantially lill the space be tween an, y .a

the endflanges o, o oi' the heater. 'Ait `their s upper edges, the side wallsare connected to the inclinedftopy walls/2. 21 'respectively suchtop walls being unitedalong the line 22. l/*hile' the various wall inernbers' 18, *19,

20, be formed as separate elements suitably connected, it is pr erred to 'torni thein .of antintegral strip of instal as herein disclosed, suc-h instal being bent' at the proper points to provide 4wall'niernbers havthedesired angular relation. it a point preferably central. oit' the length ot this cover device, a ring or handle 23 is provided, such ring being secured in suitable openings in the top, wall members adjacent tothe line of union o'fthe'saine. V'llliis ring serves as a convenient means whereby the coverinaybe liited from oil" the burner when desiredy VWhilevthe device. is nsetul without peri forations therein Vit is refferredto'i'orni nerorationslor openings such as '24 in the side wallineinbers 18 and 19. These pei'iiorations may` be. iorrned by stamping the sheet nietal `of which the cover is constructed whereby to provide the tongues `25 oisubstantiallytriangular forni, these tongues being integrally united at their lower edges 26 f to they instal of the cover but-,being separated land. i

- the nietal ot'.L the cover.

y therefrom' lahing `their other edges.4 The tongues.asA thus Aprovided* are deflected inwardly, `as indicated inflig. 2, and while permitting-the products oiI Acoinbustion to escape` iiijoiir within the cover, serve as guards' for theopenings whereby the direct passage oi loaseous material is obstructed.

' ln-the saine way `it is preferred to provide 60,

openings Qoin the top ineinbers 2O and 21 respeotivelyt `and tolurnish such openii'igs with guard .tongues 27 inclined dowrwerdly f lwardly asjiiidicated such guardtongiies being orined inte? alfv with vthrough the pipe 9.v

iii-starting burner loi:l thetype herein .-shown, it isiirst necessaryto ignitetheltorcli 17 whereby to heat the genera-tor .7 and when such generator has becoineheated,tlie `liquid fuel is permitted tol Ai'low vint-o the saine `been lighted, the cover device is placed over the heater suoli' cover beine' sun aorted noon Y the 'lower edges ofthe walls 18, 19. lln v.this

position the torch Haine isprotected from draitts so that thev full heatthereofv is availv.able for heating 'the generator.

lt is also noticeable during the starting up oiC the heater and before the lburner parts .70 the generator and have become hot enough to cause-ignition l oi gas issuing-troni the slots a that sonieof the.gasand particularly `that issuing from the lower parts of said slots, escapes `from Jthe heater without being` ignited. "Vl/'hein however, the cover devicehereindisclosed is einployed,'such gas or vapor as' inayescape from the lowerparts ot the burner slots is `constrained to inove upwardly andinwardly` rinto the upper part the cover where it necessarily cornes into Contact with the flameoi the previously ignited gas: The coinbustion oli the entire yquantity of gas issuing iroi/n'the, burner slots `isthus assured` -so that the disagreeable"odor` coininonly noticed in starting `up a burner of this type is entirely eliminated. When `the burner parts have becoine sui'iiciently lhearted to insureignition ot the -ga-.s` issuing troni theA lower parts of the slots, the cover inay vthen be removed and laid aside. he .cover is also .usetulwhen the burner is turned down to such an extent that the lower parts oft the burner casing decrease in temperature belowl the ignition point of thegas. llnsuch oasesthe cover may be ap* plied and by deflectingthegasinwardly toa ward the hotterparts oi' the burner provides i'or the ignition ot the saine...

lfhile the cover device has been shown as" having angularly disposedl Sides it conmightv be secured by einploying a cover having a somewhat different conguration and yit kis contemplated ythat*various changes kin the shape and relative `arraiigeinent oit parts may well be inade without substantially@ typel havingV a generator and a torch disposed below said generator for initially heating the saine, a--reniovable shield ,therefor` coinprising asheet inetal device having angularl'y disposed' portions constructed and arranged to dependrespectively upon opposite teinplated that results of asiinilarcharacter f i Moses iles of said generator and torch Whereby o provide an enclosure therefor.

i?. cover device of the class described comprising eppositely disposed, spaced Wall members, said members having openings therein, and means for guarding said open- 3. i dellector device 'for use With burners, comprising converging Wall members, said members being provided. With openings therein, and guard tongues enendingv up wardly om the lorver edges oi' said openings, said vtongues being deflected inwardly relatively to the planes of the respective Wall members.

l. A der-lector devicey for use with a burner, comprising a sheet metal member having a triangular opening therein, the base et the opening being substantially horizontal, and an integral triangular tongue extending upwardly from the lower edge of said opening and divergins' from the plane oit' said member.

il. device of the class described comprisp relatively inclined side Walls, and top ils integrally united to the respective side and to each other, each of said. Walls being provided with guarded openings.

G. i shield device ior use with gaseous fuel burners comprising relatively inclined side Walls, top Wall members for closing the spaces between the upper edges oi the side walls., and a ring secured to said top Wall members whereby the device may be lifted,

7, ln combination with an elongate burner oi substantially semicirculsr cross section having vertically disposed slits 'for the emision of gaseous fuel, a temporary cover device comprising en integral. sheet of metal comprising Wall members disposable upon opposite sides o'll the burner and closely edjacent thereto, said members being upwardly converLfgei-"it, sind means ui ting said Walls at their upper portions and a handle 'orliitte ing the cover device from the burner.

` ln combination with a burner device hav vertically l' posed slits tor the emission of gaseous uel, a removable delector device comprising a Well member constructed and arranged to derlect fuel issuing yfrom the lower part oit such slits upwardly and inwardly toward the upper pi rt of the burner, said device having a handle for lifting it from the burner.

9. ln combination with a heating appliance comprising an elongate burner o substantially semicirculsr cross section having a series oi' vertically disposed orice slits er1- tending,transversely from side to side thereoi, generator above the central portieri or said burner, and a torch device beloiv the generator, a removable sheet metal closure for said heating eppliance, comprising spaced upwardly converging side 1walls, top Wall members unitee to said side Walls and to each other, and whereby said closure member may be lifted from off said heating appliance.

Signed by me at Laconia, N. lil., this 2Q; day of October, 1921. 

